flub
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Pirro’s team blamed the Interior Department for the flub, saying it had misled prosecutors about the pool.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Plus, Cher’s onstage flub, Bad Bunny’s strong words for ICE and Justin Bieber’s stripped-down performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
But even with the one they flub — Koenig initially misidentifies Madonna’s fifth album as “Like a Prayer” before correcting himself to “Erotica” — they make a pretty solid case for their mistake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
It wouldn’t be a 2024 campaign event without a verbal flub, and Trump delivered, calling the crowd “hard-working patri-isch-tic” before giving up on the sentence and moving on.
From Salon ● May 24, 2024
“I’m going to crack, Reynie. You know how badly I handle pressure. I’ll flub it tomorrow, and you’ll all be caught. What kind of friend will I be then?”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Redick said Saturday the Lakers flubbed eight of their 12 after timeout plays against Memphis on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026
“You mean to tell me that Jerry Garcia or Bob Weir or Phil Lesh, the other vocalists in the band, were technically perfect vocalists who never flubbed a line?” he asked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
I was grateful for Richard when I began doing another exercise video on repeat, one led by a frigid ballerina who never flubbed or joked.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
Alicia Keys had just appeared, in a sequined red jumpsuit and matching encrusted gown, and rather gratuitously flubbed the opening note of her hit piano ballad “If I Ain’t Got You.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
Incredibly, I flubbed only six or seven lines.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
When he ran for prime minister last year, there were real questions about whether he would take to the political side of the job, and he stumbled at times, flubbing his French, for instance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The reasoning is straightforward: Why take a risk of legitimizing his rivals, or becoming a target on stage, or just flubbing, when you’re already in a category of your own?
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2023
Bard did nearly as well, but it interpreted one “9” as a “0,” thus flubbing the final total.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
He was in a wheelchair at this point and was talking but kept flubbing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
I mentally resolved to press even at the chance of flubbing.
From John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Frederick Upham Adams
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